Jozy Altidore is unavailable for the United States after picking up a yellow card against Costa Rica that resulted in a suspension

His withdrawal from the lineup is unlikely to be the only change Arena makes on the back of the poor performance in New Jersey, with Matt Besler, Clint Dempsey and Alejandro Bedoya among the experienced heads in contention to come in.

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When the USA beat Honduras 6-0 in Bruce Arena's first World Cup qualifying match since replacing Jurgen Klinsmann, the Americans appeared to be back in the saddle and in safe hands.

But since then Arena has led his team to only one win out of four in these matches - at home against bottom-of-the-table Trinidad & Tobago - and a not-entirely-convincing triumph at the Gold Cup has only papered over the cracks.

Sure, a draw in Mexico is a good result in isolation and the same in Panama hardly disastrous.

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But one slip-up at home - such as the USA's against Costa Rica last week - and all of a sudden you find yourself much shorter on points than hoped.

Losing against Honduras on Tuesday would not quite be terminal as a consequence of the fact that Los Catrachos are unlikely to pick up six points out of six against Mexico and Costa Rica in October.

It would, however, take the USA's fate out of their own hands - and the sense of anxiety that currently plagues the team would only be worse when they host Panama next month.